Un ancien agent de renseignement américain indépendant cherche à retrouver un mystérieux paquet recherché par les Irlandais et les Russes.Un ancien agent de renseignement américain indépendant cherche à retrouver un mystérieux paquet recherché par les Irlandais et les Russes.Un ancien agent de renseignement américain indépendant cherche à retrouver un mystérieux paquet recherché par les Irlandais et les Russes.
- Prix
- 1 victoire et 4 nominations au total
Amidou
- Man at Exchange
- (as Amidou Ben Messaoud)
Avis en vedette
This thriller from veteren John Frankenheimer is pure excellence, the script, acting and action are top draw. De Niro and Reno are brilliant in this as of course you would expect from two such excellent actors. The action scenes are pulse pounding and particularly excellent are the car chases, probably the best ever. Not only did the stunt guys risk their lives but the guys shooting the action captured some truly thrilling close up view from the cars as they speed along. The action also carries a certain degree of realism to it, the shootouts are sensible and the car chases and crashes seem very genuine no massive corkscrewing threw the air like most car chases or cars jumping 100 feet in the air like in Gone in 60 seconds, which is all very good but not for this sort of thriller. The pacing of the film was great and there was a constant chilling atmosphere. As I said before Robert De Niro and Jean Reno were exceptional particularly in their scenes together. The support cast are good too with a brief but excellent display from Sean Bean and Natasha Mchelhone and Jonathan Pryce are both good as Irish terrosists with comendable accents. All in all a very god way to spend a few hours.
Ronin is a 1998 action thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer that follows a group of mercenaries who are hired to steal a mysterious briefcase.
The film has a great cast, with De Niro, Reno, and Bean all giving excellent performances and bringing a lot of depth and nuance to their characters. The story is also well-crafted, with plenty of twists and turns to keep the audience guessing. However, the film's soundtrack/movie theme is a bit of a letdown.
Overall, Ronin is a classic action thriller that still holds up today (2023). It's a must-see for fans of the genre.
I give Ronin a 7.5 out of 10.
The film has a great cast, with De Niro, Reno, and Bean all giving excellent performances and bringing a lot of depth and nuance to their characters. The story is also well-crafted, with plenty of twists and turns to keep the audience guessing. However, the film's soundtrack/movie theme is a bit of a letdown.
Overall, Ronin is a classic action thriller that still holds up today (2023). It's a must-see for fans of the genre.
I give Ronin a 7.5 out of 10.
Suffused with a sense of twilight melancholy and pre-millennial nostalgia, John Frankenheimer's end-of-career genre masterwork Ronin is an unapologetic old-fashioned caper playing as the perfect reaction to a formally ubiquitous genre, the Cold War-era espionage Euro-thriller. The film savours a haunting final gasp just prior to being downsized by 21st-century Bourne-driven techno-overload and an onslaught of bloodless PG-13 CGI spectacles. It shows the talent of Frankenheimer that he manages to take what is essentially a rather one-note often contrived story and turn it into something truly special, approaching the material with seriousness, commitment and professionalism. Lean, sleek, spare, almost minimalist; it's like watching the revival of a forgotten art form. The fact that it's done with a minimum of special effects makes it all the more stirring, a tribute to the film's earnestness that we can overlook most of its absurdities and simply revel in its deeds. Elevated by its talent in front and behind the camera, the winning combination of Robert De Niro and Jean Reno imbues the film with a likeable brothers-in-arms chemistry that sees the duo at the peak of their prowess; while Robert Fraisse's photography and Elia Cmiral's score construct a believable and lived-in atmosphere of hyperrealism. Carried by a style that's fast, furious and impeccably paced, at the time of release, Ronin might have seemed like an efficient vehicle, nowadays it's more akin to a classic car, one with exceptional class you won't find in most automobiles today.
One of the best action films of the late '90s. A group of mercenaries deals with a job that from the beginning was expected to be difficult. An outstanding cast, with great interpretations by De Niro and Jean Reno. The narrative has the usual plot holes of a spy/conspiracy film, but apart from that, it is a lesson in how to make a good film within the genre, with well-crafted twists and intense and credible dialogues. 'Ronin' continues to have, in my opinion, one of the best car chase scenes ever. If you like the '70s and '80s classics, you will like this one as well.
Now THIS is what I call an action movie. Combine a brilliant cast (Robert De Niro + the underrated Jean Reno, Sean Bean amongst them) with brilliant action scenes - gun fights and car chases are both top notch here; in fact, they're some of the best that have been put on film ever, and stand the rest of time really well (watching in 2022g - with lots of exotic European locals, like Paris and Nice, and a touch of swirling intrigue thrown in for good measure and you have a really great film.
De Niro plays a no-nonsense American mercenary hired by someone shadowy to retrieve a case. He doesn't know much more than that, except the folks currently in control of it are willing to kill to keep it in their possession. Lots of sketchy actors on both sides, including Russians and Irish!
De Niro plays a no-nonsense American mercenary hired by someone shadowy to retrieve a case. He doesn't know much more than that, except the folks currently in control of it are willing to kill to keep it in their possession. Lots of sketchy actors on both sides, including Russians and Irish!
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesA total of 80 automobiles were destroyed during filming.
- GaffesJean-Pierre claims that "All 47 of them committed Seppuku," but in fact only 46 did. The 47th Ronin, Terasaka Kichiemon, had a different mission. He was later pardoned. When he died at 87, he was buried along with the other 46.
- ConnexionsEdited into Ronin: Alternative Ending (1999)
- Bandes originalesTime To Say Goodbye (Con te partirò)
Composed by Francesco Sartori
Lyrics by Lucio Quarantotto
English lyrics by Frank Peterson
Performed by Sarah Brightman featuring Andrea Bocelli
Courtesy of Angel Records
Under license from EMI Music Special Markets
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langues
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Sát Thủ Tự Do
- Lieux de tournage
- Blue Sky, Rue des Trois-Frères, Paris 18, Paris, France(restaurant in opening sequence)
- sociétés de production
- Consultez plus de crédits d'entreprise sur IMDbPro
Box-office
- Budget
- 55 000 000 $ US (estimation)
- Brut – États-Unis et Canada
- 41 616 262 $ US
- Fin de semaine d'ouverture – États-Unis et Canada
- 12 697 641 $ US
- 27 sept. 1998
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 41 616 262 $ US
- Durée2 heures 2 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 2.39 : 1
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